Read Me file for Replication data: Melle Scholten. "The Prodigal Child Returns? Attitudes Towards Return Migration in a Developing Economy." Accepted at International Studies Quarterly.

The replication data and code is provided separately for the replication of the experimental component (Figures 1, 2, 3, A6, A7, A8, A9, and Tables 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) and the observational component (Figures 4, 5, and Tables 2, 8 and 9). 

Within each subfolder (experimental and observational) you will find all data for this paper, plus a .Rmd file to replicate the results (as well as additional robustness extensions for which there was no place in the appendix), plus an R history file showing the final replication run by the author. 

All this can be found on the ISQ dataverse (https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/isq). If you have questions, please contact Melle Scholten at ms2xj@virginia.edu 

Version of R last used to replicate material by the author: R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14 ucrt) -- "Race for Your Life"

Runtimes:
Experimental replication: approximately 30 seconds
Observational replication: approximately 75 seconds

Sources for all files:

conjoint.csv - Author's own data, collected through a panel maintained by Netquest
bol_empleo_sep_16.pdf - Municipal unemployment data from DANE, the National Administrative Department of Statistics of the Republic of Colombia
mapdata.csv - Data on support for President Santos in the previous election from Hazlett & Parente (2023)
PANEL_BUEN_GOBIERNO(2022).xlsx - Good governance index from the Centro de Datos (CEDE) of the Economic Faculty of the Universidad de los Andes
PANEL_CARACTERISTICAS_GENERALES(2022).xlsx - General municipal characteristics from the Centro de Datos (CEDE) of the Economic Faculty of the Universidad de los Andes
PANEL_CONFLICTO_Y_VIOLENCIA(2022).xlsx - Municipal data on violence, conflict, and displacement from the Centro de Datos (CEDE) of the Economic Faculty of the Universidad de los Andes
table_2023-05-1-15-55-58.csv - Data on municipal votes in the 2016 Peace Referendum from DANE, the National Administrative Department of Statistics of the Republic of Colombia

Was signed, 30-March-2025 by Melle Scholten
